THE PATRIOTIC FUND

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2252, 11 September 1914, Page 7

THE PATRIOTIC FUND

PRIME MINISTER'S LIST VARIOUS COUNTRY CONTRIBUTIONS ■ : ' . " ~~~ f The Prime Minister has received tho following further donations to tie patriotic funds:—, . ■. :■ ... £ s. d. Normahby Patriotic Fund ■•■•■ 90 0 0 West Coast War Cohtingeht . Fund, Greymoutl (third instalment) 1:...;.;... 230 0 0 Akitio District Empire Defence Fund, (sixth, instiil- • meiit)—A. Mason* £10j Pa- ■-, . •kowai, Tihui-: T. Somervilie, £1 'Is.; Mara; E. B, Robinson, £15j Rakaiinul: Pdrigdroa Pictures (local committee of management); £5; H. 11. Smith, for.jiropbrtioh of-'cost re Houl- . mooke's horse; now paid by Treasury, to; ,F; Aimstrong, £100j Akitio , 136 1 0 Pongaroa ladies' committee, Mrs.- Brentonj Pongaroa .-.-.- 3 8 0 Wairaaha. Patriotic Fund Committee 41 13 0 'Suppliers.: at . Cloverdale . . - | 'Clieese- Fact'v, Mangaweka 9 9 0 Settlers of .Tort. 'Albeiu, Auckland • - 42 7 0 Committee Waimikurau De- '• '~ fence Fund (sixth instal- . nient) 89 iij D Waipara- . County Council. .' • Waikari (2nd instalment) 115 0 Maniototo County Council, . -N'aseby (voted) ..:: 250 0 0 Wairau Road Board, Blenheim .-:■. :.:..:..:..■.■....■:... 50 0 0 Heriot Patriotic Fund, Otago 150 7 6 Waipu Patriotic Fund :..... 104 6 6 VARIOUS COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS. Mr. A. • E.' Eussell, of Fitzherbert (telegraphs our Palmerston correspon-dent),-has cabled from London instructing .Messrs...Rutlerfurd and Connell t(f donate. £100, on his behalf to the Patriotic Fund.' The money'has boen .paid over to the.Defence Department.. MAYOR'S PATRIOTIC FUND. Amount previously acknowledged •-...;..■...,■..:,•..;.■.:•■• 2,378 22 &6ttish&ciety of Wellington—"Social" ....,;..;.... 3 3 0 St.. John's ..Presbyterian Clmrcli —Addition to collection. v :;..-.:.......Y.i.".v 10 0 ■ ' . ■ " ■ £2,382 5 2 mayor's War distress fund. Amount previously acknow'ledged. .;;...,■.......,.•........ lj7oß T ll J. Jentles .;.■.■............»... 010 0 £1,708 11 11 ■'/t BLANKET FUND FOR DISTRESSED PEOPLE ABROAD A Blanket Fund' in aid of the distressed ..ill England, France, and Belgium was , opened at Qlscb Dominion Office. yesterday. The first contribution is that-of-T- ---. . , ~' . £ s. a; Mr: and Mrs. Judah Myers... 10 ,0. 0 ' SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS. ■ TO AiffIUIiANCE EQUIPMENT ■ f : •■■■. .; FUND. ' .■" The. Stite schools of the Dominion are raising a sum of JE2OOO, to ;be expended on ambulance equipment for the Expeditionary Force. Tlie following are the subscription's , froin the Wellington Education Schools to. date:—Dale-, field, lße. 3d'. ;: KoniriiTfil Is.j taki,'.2s. 6d.; Cross Creek, 10a.;..Scar-' ■borough, £2; Clyde Quay (first instalment), £13 8s; 2sd.; Judgeford, Us. 6d.j Kaitawa, 4s. 9d.; Kohinui, Bs. 6d. • Karori, £3 7b. : Takapu, ss. 4d.; Mivri--tai, £1 Is.; Makomako, 18s.; South Wellington, £12 10s.; Wadestowii) £2 lie. Id.; Clydp. Quay (second instalment), 10s. Gel.; Nofmaiiddle, Bs.;. Mount' Cook Girls, £1 l7s. 6d.; Island Bay, £4 15sv; Shannon, £3 11s. IOd.; Pahiatua (first instalment)/£3 Bs. 2d-.; .Porirua, £3; Fentlierston, £1 10s. i<l; Waione, 18s.; Dyer, 13s. j Hamna, 12s. (jjd. j Muhutioa, 7e. (id.; Horoeka, is.; Kahautara,- Is* 6d. j Waingawa, £1 3s. Gel.; Mangahao, 4s. 7d.j Bideford, 13s. Gd.; Tokbmarii, £1 15s. 7d.; Kaiparoro, £1 2s. 6<L; Gladstone, £1 Is. 6d.; Reikiorangi, 16s;' 9d. j Waterfalls, .Is. 6d.; Nikau, 6s. ;'.Kaita.ra,.l7ei.; Castlepoint, 6s. 4d.; Wallaceville, ss. 6d.; Mount Cook Boys, £2 9s. 2d.; Worser Bayj £2 125. , ; Mikimiki Valley. 2s. 9d.; Kliandallah, £2' 10s.; Waikailae, £1; Plimmerton, £1 18s. 6d.; .Kaiwarra, 175..; Eongokokako, £1 145.; Kilbirnio, £5 10s. 2d.; Whitenian's Valley, 7s. 6d.; Hastwell, 145.; Mauricevillo, IGs. j 'Mangamalloe, 9s>; Ballance, 10s.; Mauriceville W., 195.. id.;/fawa.Flat, 65.; Makorua, £1 os. 3d.; Makara, 10s.; Whiireama. £1 10s.; Pahiatua (second instalment), 6s. 9d.; Wharau, 45.; Manakau, £1 Bs.; Petone West, £2 9s. 7d.; Martinborough, £2 10s.; Brooklyn, £S os.; Mount Cook, £2 11s. Id.; Terrace, £14 Bs. 2d.; Kopuaraaiga, 12b..; Aoha'nga, £1: Taiiom, 18s.; Mangamaire, 125.; Palmutanui, .61' 11s. 6d.; Upper Hutt, £3 14k. 4d.; Ngaio, £113s. 2d. ;■ Rangitumau,- £1 2s. 6d;; iTauherinikau, 125.; Ponatahi, 14e. 6d.; Waihakeke, £1 14s;- 6d.; Paekakariki, £1 Is. 6d.; Tinui, 19s. Id.; Wainui-o-mata, 14s. 3d.; Ngaturi, 7sj , 9d.; Carterton, .£4 Bs. 6d.; Carrington, 10s. 6d.; Korokoro North; 165.; Earapoti, 10s.; Belvedere, £1 Is. 6d.; NeviTnan, £1 3s. 9d.; Koro.koro-South, £1; Kaibuna, ißs. ;' .Korora, 6s. 3d.; Koputaroa, £1 2s. 2d. Total, £157 19s. del.

KITCHENS ON WHEELS

MEALS. FOR MARCHING ARMIES. A recent cable message referred to the Gormans , good system of cooking with wheeled kitchens while troops were on •the march. It is well-known, of course, that this vehicular kitchen is. not a German invention. The Russians seem,to have tlio credit of developing tin's valuable adjunct to an army. An English .officer, attached to tho Russian forces in , Manchuria ten years ago, wrote:—"There is an excellent typo of travelling.kitchen (two wheeled) which has been used for several years in the Russian Army. I first saw them in Turkestan in 1894, and they were so simple and strongtliat I felt convinced that they would be admirably adopted for uso in a campaign in any region practicable for a draft mule or horse. This conviction been amply justified by the experiences of the campaign of 1904, aind I cannot recommend too highly tho Russian type of troop kitchen for all arms —mounted or dismonntcd. I cannot call to mind ono instance, either in. a hilly region or in tho plains, in which the kitchens were unable- to accompany their units, while the roads in.the plains'wero frequently in such a state that guns, transport and oven single limbers, had to be abandoned. Provided rations were issued, ,ivhich, was by no means invariably the caso, for kitchens cooked them, and cooked them welL It is difficult to conceive the conditions into which tracks (unmetalled) like those in Manchuria get '«fte>' rain, combined with heavy traffic, and these kitchens stood tho test. Anybody can imagine the comfort to troops, and their consequent increase of efficiency, when they can have their hot meals at any hour and in any weather, cither on tho march or on arriving at tho end of their journey. Also the time' , and trouble saved to all concerned is a factor of the greatest imnortanco in war, when sudden moves by day and night aro necessarily of freauent occurrence,' 1